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🇺🇸 New York (UTC−4) · 🇺🇸 Chicago (UTC−5) · 1 hour difference — New York is ahead
Best Time to Meet
🇺🇸 10:00–17:00 in New York = 🇺🇸 09:00–16:00 in Chicago7 hours of overlap within standard business hours (09:00–17:00)
24-Hour Schedule
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| 🇺🇸 New York | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 🇺🇸 Chicago | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 |
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Open Meeting Planner →Calls between New York and Chicago usually connect finance and media on one side with finance and derivatives and logistics on the other. The gap is 1 hour, with New York the one whose clock reads later.
Both cities work Monday to Friday, New York typically 09:00–18:00 and Chicago 08:30–17:30 local time. On the New York side the dates that break a schedule are Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday) and Independence Day (4 July); on the Chicago side, Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday) and Independence Day (4 July).
Book between 10:00–17:00 in New York (09:00–16:00 in Chicago); 7 hours of overlap means neither side takes the call early or late. Both cities change their clocks, on different dates, so the gap is an hour off for a few weeks each spring and autumn.
New York is 1 hour ahead of Chicago. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
10:00–17:00 New York time, which is 09:00–16:00 in Chicago — the 7-hour stretch when both are inside 09:00–17:00.
Yes, but not on the same dates, so for a few weeks each spring and autumn the gap is an hour narrower or wider than usual.
The ones that most often surprise the other side are Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday) and Independence Day (4 July) in New York and Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday) and Independence Day (4 July) in Chicago.
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